The Official AB2289 CA SMOG MY2000+ Thread
03-03-2015, 03:10 PM
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Think of all the MY2000 and newer cars, and how many ROMS they would have to store and compare against. I'm sure it's easy for data to be off a little bit in transit here and there, and have false checks on the ROMs. Simply seems like way more data than they would want to be managing.
03-03-2015, 03:27 PM
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No they can't. That's where undercover cars come in. They send them out to stations regularly and if you miss their disconnected egr, missing pcv, cut evap canister, etc, you get dinged with a $2000 fine + classes + loss of star status.
There's also another way they know as well. Say a 2006 wrx comes in and its got a smog pump delete. The tech writes Not Applicable on the visual for Air Injection and passes the car. He's thrown up a red flag that's going to earn him a bunch of undercover visits.
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03-03-2015, 03:44 PM
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Is this an undercover wrx? What is the tech supposed to write? Pump serial number?
03-03-2015, 03:58 PM
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03-03-2015, 04:14 PM
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However, I came close to failing a couple times with my old hi-flow cat dp so after that I've been switching ONLY the dp back to stock and leave everything else alone.
Even though my ref label shows I have an 02 motor they've still been smogging my car like a 99, so I've been subject to the OBD2 check AND sniffer test.
03-03-2015, 04:52 PM
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Same setup as you, I passed every single time after going to the ref (first time was stock ecu/everything) with a Cobb Protune.
However, I came close to failing a couple times with my old hi-flow cat dp so after that I've been switching ONLY the dp back to stock and leave everything else alone.
Even though my ref label shows I have an 02 motor they've still been smogging my car like a 99, so I've been subject to the OBD2 check AND sniffer test.
However, I came close to failing a couple times with my old hi-flow cat dp so after that I've been switching ONLY the dp back to stock and leave everything else alone.
Even though my ref label shows I have an 02 motor they've still been smogging my car like a 99, so I've been subject to the OBD2 check AND sniffer test.
Would be nice to have the homie smog guy just do the ECU check and call it a day, but if they are going to SMOG a 1999 car with 2002 emissions equipment, well, what's the point in even having a BAR inspection for swaps?!?!
You could just do whatever FI you want so long as you never threw a code, and had some cats, they'd just smog it as a 1999 car with the sniffer.
03-03-2015, 04:53 PM
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No they can't. That's where undercover cars come in. They send them out to stations regularly and if you miss their disconnected egr, missing pcv, cut evap canister, etc, you get dinged with a $2000 fine + classes + loss of star status.
There's also another way they know as well. Say a 2006 wrx comes in and its got a smog pump delete. The tech writes Not Applicable on the visual for Air Injection and passes the car. He's thrown up a red flag that's going to earn him a bunch of undercover visits.
There's also another way they know as well. Say a 2006 wrx comes in and its got a smog pump delete. The tech writes Not Applicable on the visual for Air Injection and passes the car. He's thrown up a red flag that's going to earn him a bunch of undercover visits.
03-03-2015, 04:55 PM
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03-03-2015, 04:55 PM
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And he noticed the ROMs huh?!
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
03-03-2015, 04:58 PM
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I've heard that E85 cars can pass no cats... anyone seen this?
I suppose it's possible since Ethanol pretty much reduces the HydroCarbons to zero, and it's clean vs NOx, and CO2 as well.
But man... Not sure if I'm ballsy enough to try it. Soooooooooo want to though.
I suppose it's possible since Ethanol pretty much reduces the HydroCarbons to zero, and it's clean vs NOx, and CO2 as well.
But man... Not sure if I'm ballsy enough to try it. Soooooooooo want to though.
03-03-2015, 05:00 PM
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ECU check only.
They did a visual. Ran the car no sniffer. Was in and out in 5 minutes.
